Top Of The Box

Last night, the best kept secret in the British music industry this year was announced as Radiohead were unveiled as the headline act at this year’s Reading & Leeds Festival (2009).  This is the first time Radiohead have headlined either music festival.
The announcement surprised me and no doubt countless others; and I am already looking [...]

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Everlast perform the brilliant track What it’s like from the album Whitey Ford Sings The Blues released in 1998. This clip is from a live performance at the Gampel festival in 2004.
Everlast – What It’s Like

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Talking Heads performing Psycho Killer on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978,  it was a bit out of tune and all over the place, but maybe that adds to it. The bass player looks like a psycho killer.
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer – Old Grey Whistle Test 1978

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A great ‘live’ version of the brilliant track Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, performing at the Lowlands festival in 2006.
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars

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A fantastic and rare performance from John Lennon back in 1975 appearing in a recording for The Old Grey Whistle Test, from his home in New York. Here he performs Stand By Me from his album Rock & Roll, a collection of Lennon’s versions of the songs that inspired him to become a musician.

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